Yahoo is pulling the plug on 8-year old Yahoo Pipes , the service that creates custom web feeds through powerful filters. Pipes will run until September 30th in read-only mode but you should probably download your Pipe definitions as soon as possible. Check the announcement here . Read more…
See the article here:
Yahoo Pipes Is Closing Down
So you misjudged that curry and now your mouth is on fire—what to do? You probably know that milk will stop the burning, but you have other options too. This infographic makes a handy guide. Read more…
See the article here:
The Foods That Cool Your Mouth After Eating Something Spicy
This time lapse shows what 24 hours of a summer day (and I guess, a summer night) looks like in the Arctic Circle. You can see the Sun rising and setting like it normally does anywhere else but instead of disappearing beyond the horizon as the Earth turns, it pops right back up and the world never turns dark. Read more…
See more here:
What it looks like in the Arctic Circle when the Sun never sets
First, let’s start by dispelling a somewhat popular myth that more or less goes like this: Read more…
Read More:
The Origin of the Candy Cane
The appeal of a contactless payment card is obvious: you just wave your credit or debit card over a terminal and you’ve paid. But it also removes the PIN from the equation, meaning it’s easy for someone to steal and use your card. To combat this, but to also keep contactless payments a breeze, MasterCard has just announced the first credit card with a built-in fingerprint sensor for biometric security. Read more…
Link:
MasterCard Will Offer a Credit Card With a Fingerprint Sensor
If there’s one group that will surely embrace smartwatches, it’s those who like to change their background image and the look and feel of their devices every day. But the FES Watch doesn’t just let you change the watch face whenever you tire of the current design, using E-Ink technology it actually lets you change the look and style of the entire timepiece. Read more…
See original article:
You Can Customize This E-Ink Watch Down to the Strap
The Galaxy Note 3 is a monster, both in size and importance. It was the best-selling device in Samsung’s Galaxy lineup last year, and more importantly made phablets something you’d actually want to use. But with Apple potentially about to enter the biggie-sized smartphone space, the upcoming Note 4 has a whole lot more riding on it. Read more…
See original article:
Galaxy Note 4 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know
New submitter jigmypig writes: One of the main issues with 3D printers today is that they lack in one area; speed. A 15-year-old boy named Thomas Suarez is developing a 3D printer that he says is the most reliable, most advanced, and faster than any 3D printer on the market today. In fact he claims it is 10 times faster than any 3D printer ever created. “There’s something that makes me want to keep going and keep innovating, ” he says, laughing at being asked if he’d be better off outside climbing trees or riding a bike. “I feel that my interests will always lie in technology. Maybe I should go outside more but I just really like this stuff.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Continued here:
15-Year-Old Developing a 3D Printer 10x Faster Than Anything On the Market
Sonos’ multi-room wireless music system is crazy easy to use, but it’s always had one annoying little drawback: You’ve got to plug at least one Sonos speaker or a Sonos Bridge into your router for it to work. Well the company just announced that it’s overhauled its tech so that you don’t need to be plugged in anymore. Read more…
Excerpt from:
Sonos Is About to Get Even Easier By Ditching the Bridge
It can be hard to choose a backup battery when the market is as flooded as Bluetooth speakers and iPhone cases have become. Manufacturers are now finding ways to include added value with their emergency power supplies, like Cerevo’s new EneBrick that can turn your favorite USB keyboard into a wireless Bluetooth accessory for your tablet or smartphone. Read more…
Excerpt from:
Use Your Favorite USB Keyboard On Your Phone With This Backup Battery